Dear Friend, 

My colleague, Rep. Tom Emmer, and I met with central Arkansas entrepreneurs and business leaders on Friday. Rep. Emmer and I have been keenly involved in FinTech policy on House Financial Services. We visited Arkansas’s Venture Center where we heard from Executive Director Wayne Miller and others about the center’s success since forming in 2014.

The Venture Center is an entrepreneur support organization that helps startups become viable, high-growth businesses. With established entrepreneurs acting as mentors, creators are given the opportunity to learn about the investor community and play a role in the economic growth within our community.

It is always encouraging to hear about the FinTech start-ups that are part of the Venture Center Accelerator cohort and will become job creators in Arkansas and beyond.

Last week, Dlayne and Brandon from my veterans’ team attended the Arkansas Veterans Villages of America and Arkansas Food Bank food drive. The event was held at Camp Robinson and was open to current service members, retirees, and veterans.

Colonel Mike Ross, Chairman of the Board for Veterans Villages of America, coordinated the event with the help of the Arkansas Food Bank and the Enlisted Association of Arkansas National.

I am proud to have three combat vets on my team to directly help Arkansas’s veterans and active-duty members get the help they need.

If you or someone you know is a veteran and needs help with the VA or other veteran-related issues, please contact my Little Rock office at (501) 324-5941.

Thursday afternoon I joined Chris Salcedo, alongside my Republican colleague Rep. Van Taylor, to discuss Democrats’ trillion-dollar tax-and-spending package and the rise in inflation since President Biden took office.

To watch the entire segment, click here or watch below.

Don’t miss my op-ed in the Saline County Courier about the crisis at the southwest border.

Small border communities are struggling due to the influx of migrants, and the Biden Administration seems to have turned their back on these Americans.

This, on top of shocking reports that the Biden Administration may be electing to pay $450,000 to select illegal immigrants.

Keeping Americans safe and our border secure is my top priority, and I appreciate hearing from central Arkansans about their thoughts on the Biden Administration’s current border policy. 

As of October 24^th, those with a landline with the 501 area code will now have to dial the complete ten-digit phone number they are hoping to reach.

This will include the area code and the telephone number.

This is the only area code in Arkansas that will be affected by the change.